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To: Road Walker who wrote (244660)	8/3/2005 11:28:21 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

I don't understand what you are trying to say... That doesn't surprise me, I wasn't really sure what I had said after I wrote it. except that you don't like the term Islamic fundamentalist. How 'bout we just use "terrorist"? That was the main point, that real Islamic fundamentalism really has nothing to do with terrorism. The two terms get bandied together often in the media, but the terrorist no more represent pious Muslims than do the guys who blow up the abortion clinics represent pious Christians. Most agree that there are many more terrorists now than there were before 9/11. Depends on how you look at it. You could call the pre-invasion Afghan government system institutionalized terrorism. Violence and abuse seems to have been extremely common, it just was "them against them" instead of "them against us". Are there more people involved in terrorist acts today in Afghanistan than there were people commiting violent acts against Afghan citizens in the pre-invasion Afghan government? I don't know. But I still have the conclusion that the way to eliminate Islamic terrorists is to democratize Islamic countries. Once that happens, the terrorism problem becomes theirs to deal with, not outsiders. If you can't get the people of Egypt to vote for a Sharia law system of life, there is no reason to detonate explosives on trains in London.

To: Road Walker who wrote (244660)	8/3/2005 2:37:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

Poll lays bare American foreign policy fears Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 17:18 JST NEW YORK — Americans are worried about their role in the world, the US reputation in Muslim nations and rising deaths in Iraq, but have no idea how their fears could be remedied, according to a poll. Three out of four Americans polled by Foreign Affairs journal and Public Agenda were worried both about losing trust abroad and concerned about hatred of the United States in Muslim nations. Two-thirds of those polled believed that the world had a negative view of the United States and one in ten actually used the word "bully" to describe foreign perceptions of their country. Eighty-two percent of those surveyed, meanwhile worried a lot, or somewhat, that the Iraq war was leading to too many casualties. "Americans are broadly uneasy about the quality of our relations with the rest of the world, especially Muslim nations," said Public Agenda Chairman Daniel Yankelovich. "The questions reveal widespread doubts about the country's current course. But there is no consensus on which direction to take." (Wire reports) japantoday.com